Note 6 - Investments Level 3 (Tables)
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12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Investments [Abstract] |
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Marketable Securities [Table Text Block] |
Our available for sale securities within our investment portfolio consisted of the following as of the dates indicated: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2015 | (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fixed-maturities available for sale: | | | | | | | | U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 13,773 |
| | $ | 13,752 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 21 |
| State and municipal obligations | 36,920 |
| | 37,900 |
| | 1,100 |
| | 120 |
| Corporate bonds and notes | 815,024 |
| | 802,193 |
| | 4,460 |
| | 17,291 |
| RMBS | 226,744 |
| | 224,905 |
| | 625 |
| | 2,464 |
| CMBS | 415,780 |
| | 406,910 |
| | 69 |
| | 8,939 |
| Other ABS | 359,452 |
| | 355,494 |
| | 16 |
| | 3,974 |
| Foreign government and agency securities | 25,663 |
| | 24,307 |
| | 27 |
| | 1,383 |
| | $ | 1,893,356 |
| | $ | 1,865,461 |
| | $ | 6,297 |
| | $ | 34,192 |
| Equity securities available for sale (1) | $ | 75,538 |
| | $ | 75,430 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 108 |
| Total debt and equity securities | $ | 1,968,894 |
| | $ | 1,940,891 |
| | $ | 6,297 |
| | $ | 34,300 |
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______________________ | | (1) | Comprising primarily a multi-sector exchange-traded fund. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2014 | (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fixed-maturities available for sale: | | | | | | | | U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 5,709 |
| | $ | 5,751 |
| | $ | 48 |
| | $ | 6 |
| State and municipal obligations | 17,727 |
| | 18,910 |
| | 1,183 |
| | — |
| Corporate bonds and notes | 277,678 |
| | 284,408 |
| | 7,288 |
| | 558 |
| RMBS | 41,467 |
| | 42,520 |
| | 1,053 |
| | — |
| CMBS | 57,358 |
| | 58,234 |
| | 876 |
| | — |
| Other ABS | 109,420 |
| | 107,701 |
| | 8 |
| | 1,727 |
| Foreign government and agency securities | 19,301 |
| | 19,366 |
| | 307 |
| | 242 |
| | $ | 528,660 |
| | $ | 536,890 |
| | $ | 10,763 |
| | $ | 2,533 |
| Equity securities available for sale (1) | $ | 76,900 |
| | $ | 143,368 |
| | $ | 66,468 |
| | $ | — |
| Total debt and equity securities | $ | 605,560 |
| | $ | 680,258 |
| | $ | 77,231 |
| | $ | 2,533 |
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______________________ | | (1) | Comprising primarily broadly diversified domestic equity mutual funds |
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Trading Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) [Table Text Block] |
The trading securities within our investment portfolio, which are recorded at fair value, consisted of the following as of the dates indicated: | | | | | | | | | | December 31, | (In thousands) | 2015 | | 2014 | Trading securities: | | | | U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 129,913 |
| | $ | 134,530 |
| State and municipal obligations | 303,946 |
| | 343,926 |
| Corporate bonds and notes | 580,993 |
| | 708,361 |
| RMBS | 72,192 |
| | 89,810 |
| CMBS | 137,678 |
| | 188,615 |
| Other ABS | 16,131 |
| | 77,755 |
| Foreign government and agency securities | 13,268 |
| | 18,331 |
| Equity securities | 25,016 |
| | 72,256 |
| Total | $ | 1,279,137 |
| | $ | 1,633,584 |
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Investment Income [Table Text Block] |
Net investment income consisted of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, | (In thousands) | 2015 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Investment income: | | | | | | Fixed-maturities | $ | 81,127 |
| | $ | 62,352 |
| | $ | 66,131 |
| Equity securities | 4,539 |
| | 6,287 |
| | 6,592 |
| Short-term investments | 745 |
| | 246 |
| | 255 |
| Other | 600 |
| | 1,848 |
| | 1,970 |
| Gross investment income | 87,011 |
| | 70,733 |
| | 74,948 |
| Investment expenses | (5,474 | ) | | (5,078 | ) | | (6,827 | ) | Net investment income | $ | 81,537 |
| | $ | 65,655 |
| | $ | 68,121 |
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Gain (Loss) on Investments [Table Text Block] |
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments consisted of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, | (In thousands) | 2015 |
| 2014 |
| 2013 | Net realized gains (losses) on investments: | | | | | | Fixed-maturities held to maturity | $ | — |
| | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 2 |
| Fixed-maturities available for sale | (1,176 | ) | | (1,599 | ) | | 937 |
| Equities available for sale | 69,150 |
| | — |
| | 349 |
| Trading securities | (9,231 | ) | | (6,996 | ) | | 7,997 |
| Short-term investments | (24 | ) | | 1 |
| | 1 |
| Other invested assets | 3,267 |
| | — |
| | 8,841 |
| Other gains | 110 |
| | 246 |
| | 126 |
| Net realized gains (losses) on investments | 62,096 |
| | (8,357 | ) | | 18,253 |
| Unrealized (losses) gains on trading securities | (27,015 | ) | | 92,226 |
| | (117,198 | ) | Total gains (losses) on investments | 35,081 |
| | 83,869 |
| | (98,945 | ) | Net gains (losses) on other financial instruments | 612 |
| | (3,880 | ) | | (7,580 | ) | Net gains (losses) on investments and other financial instruments | $ | 35,693 |
| | $ | 79,989 |
| | $ | (106,525 | ) |
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Available-for-sale Securities, Proceeds and Gains (Losses) [Table Text Block] |
The sources of our proceeds and related investment gains (losses) on our available for sale securities are as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, | (In thousands) | 2015 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Fixed-maturities available for sale: | | | | | | Proceeds received from redemptions | $ | 103,595 |
| | $ | 4,985 |
| | $ | 538 |
| Proceeds received from sales | 20,100 |
| | 19,672 |
| | 17,185 |
| Gross investment gains from sales and redemptions | 64 |
| | 99 |
| | 1,078 |
| Gross investment losses from sales and redemptions | (1,240 | ) | | (1,698 | ) | | (141 | ) | Equities available for sale: | |
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| Proceeds received from sales and redemptions | 146,049 |
| | — |
| | 10,503 |
| Gross investment gains from sales and redemptions | 69,150 |
| | — |
| | 349 |
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Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments [Table Text Block] |
The change in unrealized gains (losses) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of the following: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, | (In thousands) | 2015 | | 2014 | | 2013 | Fixed-maturities: | | | | | | Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period, net of tax | $ | (24,246 | ) | | $ | 4,531 |
| | $ | (240 | ) | Less reclassification adjustment for net (losses) gains included in net income (loss), net of tax | (764 | ) | | (1,039 | ) | | 929 |
| Net unrealized (losses) gains on investments, net of tax | $ | (23,482 | ) | | $ | 5,570 |
| | $ | (1,169 | ) | | | | | | | Equities: | |
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| Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, net of tax | $ | 1,673 |
| | $ | 9,119 |
| | $ | 19,389 |
| Less reclassification adjustment for net gains (losses) included in net income (loss), net of tax | 44,947 |
| | — |
| | (273 | ) | Net unrealized (losses) gains on investments, net of tax | $ | (43,274 | ) | | $ | 9,119 |
| | $ | 19,662 |
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Schedule Of Unrealized Losses [Table Text Block] |
The following tables show the gross unrealized losses and fair value of our securities deemed “available for sale” aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates indicated: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2015 | ($ in thousands) Description of Securities | | Less Than 12 Months | | 12 Months or Greater | | Total | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | U.S. government and agency securities | | 1 |
| | $ | 5,752 |
| | $ | 21 |
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| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | 1 |
| | $ | 5,752 |
| | $ | 21 |
| State and municipal obligations | | 2 |
| | 11,674 |
| | 120 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 2 |
| | 11,674 |
| | 120 |
| Corporate bonds and notes | | 117 |
| | 510,807 |
| | 16,773 |
| | 6 |
| | 8,700 |
| | 518 |
| | 123 |
| | 519,507 |
| | 17,291 |
| RMBS | | 12 |
| | 168,415 |
| | 2,464 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 12 |
| | 168,415 |
| | 2,464 |
| CMBS | | 58 |
| | 387,268 |
| | 8,939 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 58 |
| | 387,268 |
| | 8,939 |
| Other ABS | | 96 |
| | 284,998 |
| | 2,559 |
| | 14 |
| | 43,225 |
| | 1,415 |
| | 110 |
| | 328,223 |
| | 3,974 |
| Foreign government and agency securities | | 18 |
| | 18,733 |
| | 1,095 |
| | 3 |
| | 2,278 |
| | 288 |
| | 21 |
| | 21,011 |
| | 1,383 |
| Equity securities | | 1 |
| | 74,930 |
| | 108 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 1 |
| | 74,930 |
| | 108 |
| Total | | 305 |
| | $ | 1,462,577 |
| | $ | 32,079 |
| | 23 |
| | $ | 54,203 |
| | $ | 2,221 |
| | 328 |
| | $ | 1,516,780 |
| | $ | 34,300 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2014 | ($ in thousands) Description of Securities | | Less Than 12 Months | | 12 Months or Greater | | Total | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | # of securities | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | U.S. government and agency securities | | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | 1 |
| | $ | 3,455 |
| | $ | 6 |
| | 1 |
| | $ | 3,455 |
| | $ | 6 |
| Corporate bonds and notes | | 24 |
| | 40,917 |
| | 410 |
| | 1 |
| | 1,027 |
| | 148 |
| | 25 |
| | 41,944 |
| | 558 |
| Other ABS | | 34 |
| | 97,356 |
| | 1,727 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 34 |
| | 97,356 |
| | 1,727 |
| Foreign government and agency securities | | 4 |
| | 6,353 |
| | 242 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 4 |
| | 6,353 |
| | 242 |
| Total | | 62 |
| | $ | 144,626 |
| | $ | 2,379 |
| | 2 |
| | $ | 4,482 |
| | $ | 154 |
| | 64 |
| | $ | 149,108 |
| | $ | 2,533 |
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Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block] |
The contractual maturities of fixed-maturity investments are as follows: | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2015 | | Available for Sale | (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | Due in one year or less (1) | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| Due after one year through five years (1) | 173,191 |
| | 172,705 |
| Due after five years through ten years (1) | 437,248 |
| | 430,476 |
| Due after ten years (1) | 280,941 |
| | 274,971 |
| RMBS (2) | 226,744 |
| | 224,905 |
| CMBS (2) | 415,780 |
| | 406,910 |
| Other ABS (2) | 359,452 |
| | 355,494 |
| Total | $ | 1,893,356 |
| | $ | 1,865,461 |
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______________________ | | (1) | Actual maturities may differ as a result of calls before scheduled maturity. |
| | (2) | RMBS, CMBS, and Other ABS are shown separately, as they are not due at a single maturity date. |
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